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We had a fantastic day, and not going on honeymoon for a while, so I thought I'd fill in the time by writing my wedding report while I still remember everything. The day before My MoH and makeup...

It's only 2 years away now, and I know there are a few of us around, so I thought I'd start a 2017 brides thread. Drop a reply with your wedding date and I'll add you to the list! January 5th - melidy...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone can advise about printing your own stationery? I plan to design them myself on photoshop but I don't think my home printer can give me the professional look in such a big...

We gave our invitations out at Christmas with a last day of February RSVP date. I chased the following week and everyone i chased replied. Except one person. They got the chase message, i spoke to...

Hi all Any help here would be appreciated. My fiancee and I are getting married in a small registry office which only holds 45 people. We can't fit everyone in that we would like but the people that...

I haven't posted before so I'll try to keep this short and clear, I just got engaged and am starting to excitedly think about wedding planning! I imagine this is probably a how long is a piece of...

I wanted some help, advice and/or opinions on who should give me away on my wedding day. I know my biological father, however to be honest we have a bit of an odd relationship - we perhaps see each...

Hi all, I am really stressing about whether or not to have a string quartet for the ceremony. Is anyone having one? I feel like it will have a much nicer romantic feel rather than someone just...

Hi everyone. What's your thoughts on a sweetie table? At the beginning of planning I was all for it and bought the jars and bags and made a little sign etc but the closer we get to our wedding the...

Hi all, I'm having a bit of a meltdown over our day of timeline! Our ceremony is booked for 13:00 (earlier than I would have liked but have to go with the registrar availability) From there we are...

Hello, I am struggling with ideas for favours! We haven't really got a theme as such but as we got engaged in New York we are having our table names as places where we went in New York so wondered if...

Hi everyone! I'm just looking for some advice on how many people you think is too many to sit on the top table? As it is there is 10 of us which I'm happy with as it's the people me and H2B really...

Hi everyone We are having a BBQ as our wedding breakfast and decided against dessert as we are having an ice cream van, sweetie cart and wedding cake (3 tiers, all different flavours). I was pretty...

Hi, I'm currently making catering decisions and I'm stuck. Is sausage and mash an acceptable main meal at a wedding? My partner and I think it's OK and it's in our budget but some people I've spoken...

Hi all we have our meeting in a couple weeks with the registry office to give our notice of intention to marry. Our ceremony is non religious and in November. I was wondering if someone could tell me...

I'm not sure if this is a common thing but does anybody suffer from nightmares? I've been having frequent nightmares during the wedding planning process - ones that wake me up in tears including one...

So, having a very small wedding and wedding breakfast. We're then thinking that once we are finished we would like to go to the pub (about 8 to 8.30) and invite people to come along if they would...

What can you recommend for a time poor bride who is at the start of the wedding planning. What do you recommend? What do you wish you had to make life easier when planning your wedding?

Our next job is the very important task of picking sweets for our sweetie buffet. We obviously have our favourites which will be going in (hello sour cherries). What went down best at your buffet, or...

How on earth do you decide on a theme? I have chosen my dress and we are getting married at a castle (castle ruins but beautiful) and I am having a princess type dress. It will be a small wedding and...

We get married at 12pm and our guests will be seated for the wedding breakfast at 2pm. I can't decide if we need to provide food in this gap for guests. I keep thinking that if I was a guest I'd be...

We are currently trying to arrange our seating plan and wondered whether you asked your humanist/priest as well as photographer & videographer to attend the meal? I would think they would at least...

Hey everyone! Apologies for my absence the last couple of months. Anyone else mid-meltdown?! Question about numbers for ordering invitations? We somehow ended up with 15 spare save the dates and...

Hi everyone, After much shopping, I've finally found a dress I like, but now I'm wondering whether to take the plunge on a new dress when they're so expensive! The dress I like is £1199 which...

I'm in pieces. My Mum's cancer has just massively accelerated and she is coming home later today for final care. She isn;t going to make it to our wedding in August and so ill that she couldn't get...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of doing my invitations, but when I'm putting it together I feel like I'm missing something! Its a pocket fold style invite, with the main part obviously being the date...

I thought with less than 9 full months to go for most of us maybe it was time to have our own planning thread for May '17 weddings! So, I'll keep the dates and names updated, just post your date on...

Most of the stuff has now arrived to make our invitations, yay! We've got a choice menu, so menu inserts will be provided for all the day guests. We also have 4 children from 3 families eating a...